First Tree
After serving as a teamster in the Civil War (1861-65), Thadium (Thomas) B. Cree worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1888 he and his wife came to the High Plains. They acquired this land and, with no trees for lumber, they built a dugout home. Cree traveled 35 miles at his wife's request to find a sapling and planted it here. He watered it from a nearby lake that he dug from a buffalo wallow. The tree never grew but lived many years despite blizzard, heat, and drought. Gov. John Connally dedicated an historical marker in 1963 to the first tree in the Panhandle.HM Number | HM11V8 |
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Year Placed | 1980 |
Placed By | State Historical Survey Committee |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 12:47am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 276217 N 3910271 |
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Decimal Degrees | 35.31063333, -101.46145000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 35° 18.638', W 101° 27.687' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 35° 18' 38.28" N, 101° 27' 41.22" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 806 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1761 Unnamed Road, Panhandle TX 79068, US |
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